Stanley Graham Tate said he started life crammed into a one-bedroom Brooklyn apartment with his parents and two siblings, what he called a “low-income lifestyle.”
While attending the University of Florida in Gainesville, he waited on tables for meals and tips. Those hard early years influenced Tate’s business philosophy in Miami.
“I owe my success and my family’s stability to this community, which makes giving back a priority. Plus, giving back and supporting the next generation is the only way to ensure our city will one day reach its true potential,” he said in an interview in 2018.
Tate, who became a Miami real estate giant and founded Florida’s Prepaid College Plan, died at his Bal Harbour home on July 26 at age 96.
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